Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Alternative spelling: Lima (Acesta)
Parent taxon: Limidae according to J. D. Stilwell et al. 2004
See also Beu et al. 1990, Hickman 2023, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Maury 1936, Moore 1984, Moore 1987, Popenoe 1937, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer et al. 2004, Todd 2001, Vokes 1980 and Woodring 1938
Sister taxa: Anomolima, Antarctolima, Antiquilima, Aviculolima, Badiotella, Callolima, Costellacesta, Ctenoides, Ctenostreon, Ctenostreoninae, Dimorphoconcha, Divarilima, Echinorbis, Elimata, Escalima, Gemellima, Latemaria, Lima, Limaria, Limatula, Limatuletta, Limatulinae, Limea, Liminae, Mantellina, Meotolima, Mysidioptera, Mysidiopterinae, Neoinoceramus, Notolimea, Palaeolima, Plagiostoma, Plagiostominae, Platilimaria, Plicacesta, Pseudoctenostreon, Pseudolimea, Pseudolucina, Roncania, Serania, Seymourtula
Subtaxa: Acesta (Acesta) Acesta bibbyi Acesta brycei Acesta excavata Acesta maui Acesta webbi Lima (Acesta) beta Lima (Acesta) obliquistriata Lima (Acesta) obsoleta Lima (Acesta) praetexta Lima (Acesta) sameshimai
Type: Ostrea excavata
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (2 collections)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (2), Japan (2), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Grenada (1), Japan (5), the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: California)
• Oligocene of Colombia (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (3: Washington)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (1), Japan (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (5), the Russian Federation (2)
• Paleocene to Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (4), Argentina (2), Belgium (1), France (1), United States (4: California)
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (1), Antarctica (5), Argentina (5), Brazil (2), India (1), Italy (2), Japan (1), Madagascar (1), New Zealand (9), the United Kingdom (5), United States (23: California, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas)
• Heterian of New Zealand (1)
• Jurassic of France (5), India (8), Iran (1), Portugal (3), Tanzania (4), Tunisia (10), the United Kingdom (9)
Total: 143 collections including 149 occurrences
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